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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sets off the chain of events in the manuscript?
(a) Hugo sent a man to die in Grimpen Mire.
(b) Hugo killed a gypsy's dog.
(c) Hugo killed the daughter of a yeoman.
(d) Hugo kidnapped the daughter of a yeoman.

2. In lieu of persuading Sir Henry to avoid Baskerville Hall, what does Holmes suggest?
(a) Holmes suggests that Sir Henry stay armed at all times.
(b) Holmes suggests that Dr. Mortimer act as bodyguard.
(c) Holmes sends Watson with Sir Henry for protection.
(d) Holmes suggests that he himself act as bodyguard.

3. When questioned by Sir Henry about the strange sound in the night, what lie does Barrymore tell?
(a) He lies about having been wandering the halls the night before.
(b) He lies about his wife crying the night before.
(c) He lies about where he was the night Sir Charles died.
(d) He lies about whether he has heard the hound or not.

4. How did Dr. Mortimer deduce that Sir Charles had stood at the gate for five to ten minutes?
(a) He watched Sir Charles the night he died.
(b) Sir Charles marked time with pebbles.
(c) He noticed that cigar ash had dropped twice.
(d) Sir Charles's watch had been smashed.

5. Why did Sir Charles return to Baskerville Hall?
(a) He wished to disprove rumors of the Baskerville hound.
(b) He made a fortune in South Africa and wished to renovate his ancestral home.
(c) He was going to have the hall destroyed.
(d) He wished to marry and start a family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the man that brought the curse upon the Baskervilles?

2. How does Watson know Barrymore is lying?

3. What possibility does Holmes rule out when he discovers that Henry does not have a will?

4. What would Dr. Mortimer like to do?

5. How does Holmes relax after his day of thinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Dr. Mortimer advise Sir Charles to go to London?

2. What was wrong with Holmes's deductions of Dr. Mortimer?

3. How does Dr. Mortimer view Holmes and why?

4. What three leads turn out to be dead-ends for this case?

5. Why does Holmes go into complete seclusion for the rest of the day?

6. How does Watson feel about Sir Henry?

7. What is dangerous about the Grimpen Mire?

8. What is significant about the fact that Mrs. Barrymore received the telegram instead of her husband?

9. What is Hugo's evil act, as relayed in the manuscript?

10. How did Holmes and Watson lose the cab that was following Sir Henry?

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